Redmond Police say downtown stabbing victim improving, no suspect identified; seeking witnesses, surveillance video
(Update: Police say victim recovering, seek public's help in investigation)
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The victim in a downtown Redmond stabbing late Thursday afternoon is in improving condition, police said Monday as they released more information in hopes of locating any witnesses to the crime or surveillance video from area businesses.
Officers responded around 4:55 p.m. last Thursday to the reported stabbing, which prompted a “shelter in place” alert for much of the area as police searched for a suspect, Lt. Eric Beckwith said.
The victim was taken to St. Charles Bend and is in “improving” condition, Beckwith said, “and the case is being actively investigated. A suspect has not yet been identified.”
Beckwith said police are seeking anyone who may have witnessed an altercation between two people around 4:50 p.m. last Thursday. He said it may have occurred in the alleyway between SW Evergreen Avenue and Deschutes Avenue, east of Seventh Street.
Police also are asking any businesses in the area who have surveillance video to contact police, if they haven’t already been contacted by investigators.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Redmond Police Detective Ben Halsey through Deschutes County non-emergency dispatch at 541-693-6911.
A shelter in place was recommended shortly before 5 p.m. for the area between Southwest Fifth and Sixth streets and between Evergreen and Cascade avenues, Beckwith said.
A Hispanic man who had been stabbed was found on Sixth Street and taken to St. Charles Redmond, Beckwith said.
The knife used in the crime was located during the initial response, the lieutenant said, adding that “officers and detectives will be in this area for an extended period, investigating the crime.”
A Deschutes Alert, issued around 5:30 p.m., urged people in an area nine blocks wide (between Fourth and 13th streets) and seven blocks long (between Antler and Highland avenues) to "shelter in place or avoid the area at this time." The alert was canceled by 6:15 p.m.
